Fall is fast approaching, and the industry is ready for the new season. Read on for BOH’s list of trade gatherings and shows happening next month.

Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Serenbe Designer Showhouse
Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia | September 19–October 12
Benefiting Art Farm at Serenbe’s Decorative Arts Fellowship, the 12th annual showhouse returns, this time to a four-bedroom, 3,185-square-foot home featuring the work of more than 12 designers alongside a curated pop-up shop. For more information, click here.

Autumn Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair
London | September 30–October 5
This triannual fair unites more than 130 dealers in antiques, modernist design, and fine and decorative art in one place. Taking place at Evolution London in Battersea Park, the event features an array of traditional and decorative antiques, early-20th-century design items, and accessories from the 1700s to the 1970s, as well as contemporary paintings, prints and sculptures. For more information, click here.

Kips Bay Decorator Show House New York
New York | September 30–October 19
The previously postponed showhouse returns to New York, this time in a historic Greenwich Village townhouse. The 50th anniversary event features rooms by 21 designers, including Ben Pentreath, Corey Damen Jenkins and Eve Robinson. The proceeds benefit the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club. For more information, click here.

Archtober
New York | October 1–31
The 15th annual monthlong citywide festival celebrates all things architecture in New York, with over 1,500 events—a mix of tours, lectures, workshops, panels and exhibits in partnership with museums, parks, advocacy groups and more. Highlights this year include subway tours and architecture boat tours around Manhattan. For more information, click here.

Curating an Equitable Art Collection
Chicago | October 7
The day before Design Chicago kicks off, Serena & Lily is hosting an evening celebrating its new editorial destination, The Library. There, The Business of Home Podcast host Dennis Scully sits down with Hall Rockefeller, founder of women’s artist organization Less Than Half, and local designer Erin Shakoor for a conversation on celebrating female artists. For more information, click here.

Design Week Mexico
Mexico City | October 7–12
Taking place in Mexico City, this annual design week boasts numerous events, panels and galleries showcasing what’s new in Mexican and international design. This year’s offerings include “Print,” an exhibit focused on graphic design, and “Vision & Tradition,” a residency program that features designers and artisans from Argentina. The flagship event, back for its 17th edition, is Design House, a showhouse offering unique spaces created by the country’s best firms. For more information, click here.

Frederic Magazine 2025 It List Awards Gala
New York | October 8
The third annual event by Frederic spotlights 12 up-and-coming designers from across the globe. The winning cohort will be honored at this gala in Manhattan’s Nine Orchard hotel, and each will receive a $10,000 stipend to help grow their business. For more information, click here.

Design Chicago
Chicago | October 8–9
The Midwest’s largest residential design conference returns to the Mart, featuring the latest in kitchen, bath and home furnishings products. The lineup of presentations, product displays and seminars is bookended with an opening-night reception and the Design Chicago soiree. Presentations this year include digital brand building and contract basics. For more information, click here.

Desert Design Week
Phoenix and Scottsdale | October 8–15
Desert Design Week returns for its second installment with a celebration of art, design and architecture that takes place in showrooms and studios across Phoenix and Scottsdale. Events this season include a conversation on antiques featuring designer Molly Kidd, as well as a panel on how landscapes shape design. For more information, click here.

Flower Magazine Nashville Showhouse
Nashville | October 9–26
The Flower magazine showhouse returns, this time in a 20,000-square-foot Nashville estate. The property—which features six bedrooms, 11 baths, a wood-paneled study, a gourmet kitchen with scullery, a two-stall barn, and riding trails—has been reimagined by 23 designers, including Corey Damen Jenkins, Mark D. Sikes and Susan Ferrier. A portion of the ticket proceeds will benefit The Next Door Recovery. For more information, click here.

Field + Supply Fall Mrkt
Kingston, New York | October 10–12
The biannual maker’s market, which celebrates its 11th anniversary this year, connects the design community with expert artisans for a shopping experience that showcases 275 vendors across apparel, home goods, furnishings, textiles, ceramics, lighting and art. Brands this year include Arc Ceramics and textile designer Christian Rathbone. The Hudson Valley event also features live music, demos, book signings and happy hours. For more information, click here.

Decorex
London | October 12–15
Taking place at Olympia Events, this annual design show brings together interior designers from across the world, attracting over 13,000 visitors each year. The event boasts more than 280 exhibitors and 85 talks where designers can network and learn about what’s new in the industry. For more information, click here.

PAD London
London | October 14–19
Founded in 2007, this sister event of Paris Art + Design, which takes place every year in Berkeley Square, is exclusively dedicated to 20th century and contemporary design and features dozens of galleries from around the world, like the London-based Charles Burnand Gallery and the Paris-based Dutko. For more information, click here.

D&D Fall Market
New York | October 15–16
This seasonal market showcases the latest collections of the luxury brands that call New York’s Decoration & Design Building home—like Christopher Peacock, Élitis, and Dedon—and features product introductions, keynote discussions and networking receptions. For more information, click here.

Behind the Design with Area Environments
New York | October 16
Hosted at the Holly Hunt showroom at the D&D Building, this interactive art demonstration features visual artist Wendy Westlake, who shows off her latest wallpaper collection with Area Environments. For more information, click here.

Palm Springs Modernism Week
Palm Springs | October 16–19
Celebrating midcentury architecture and design in the desert resort city, this biannual four-day festival gives thousands of attendees an opportunity to interact with 350 events. The fall installment of the fair features a double-decker-bus architecture tour, the signature Modernism show, and home tours in more than 30 neighborhoods, as well as film screenings, live music, fashion shows, and lectures that encourage architectural preservation and sustainable living. For more information, click here.

The San Francisco Fall Show
San Francisco | October 16–19
This annual Fort Mason event, established in 1982, is one of the longest-running art, antiques and design fairs on the West Coast. The show boasts dozens of dealers from around the world showcasing paintings, furniture, ceramics, jewelry and rugs. Following tradition, celebrated designers—David Kleinberg, Cindy Rinfret and Taylor Mattos, Tom Scheerer, and Amy Weaver—were invited to decorate the Grand Entry Hall in vignettes inspired by this year’s theme, “Paradise Found!” For more information, click here.

Dwell Open House: Los Angeles
Los Angeles | October 18
This event gives a select number of attendees a chance to step inside three Los Angeles homes featured in Dwell. Guests check in at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House in Barnsdall Art Park before embarking on self-guided tours of the private homes. For more information, click here.

Design Dialogues: Navigating Outdoor Kitchen Options
Online | October 22
In this one-day online course, guests will learn the basics of designing outdoor kitchens and incorporating them into their projects. The session explores the differences between prefabricated, custom-framed, block-system, masonry and modular outdoor kitchens, as well as what designers can expect from installation timelines, materials and costs. For more information, click here.

Get Down to Business at ADAC
Atlanta | October 22
Taking place at the Atlanta Decorative Arts Center, this one-day event allows designers of all experience levels to explore ways to improve their business. Learning about topics from brand building to photo styling, attendees will walk away with new skills to implement in their firms. For more information, click here.

Design Miami.Paris
Paris | October 22–26
Joining Design Miami’s roster of events in Los Angeles and Miami Beach, this outpost of the global forum for collectible design brings together designers, experts and enthusiasts from across the globe. The annual event, now in its third year, takes place at Hôtel de Maisons and features dozens of exhibitions of historical and contemporary furniture, lighting and art. For more information, click here.

A Creative Evening at Tim Clarke Design Hosted by Schumacher
Santa Monica | October 23
Bringing together the Los Angeles design community for a night of celebrating the local industry, this event, inside The Shala at Tim Clarke Design, gives guests a first look at Schumacher’s new collection alongside creative stations like block printing and flower arranging, as well as treating them to pizza and craft cocktails. For more information, click here.

High Point Fall Market
High Point, North Carolina | October 25–29
The biannual design event returns to North Carolina, gathering tens of thousands of industry professionals and presenting the latest trends, product debuts and networking opportunities. This year’s programming includes dozens of panels from experts and designers, including two moderated by The Business of Home Podcast host Dennis Scully (one at Sanderson and one at Surya); a talk on the psychology of selling luxury, with designer Tracee Murphy; a conversation on billing, with Design Dash co-founder Laura Umansky; a talk on the evolution of luxury, with Adriana Hoyos; a social cocktail hour at Vanguard Furniture; ongoing events at the NKBA’s new space; and much more. For more information, click here.

ISFD Pinnacle Awards
High Point, North Carolina | October 27
The International Society of Furniture Designers Pinnacle Awards is an annual ceremony honoring and celebrating professional and student designers in the furniture and textile industries. The awards are open to all designers and manufacturers involved in designing retail home decor, furniture and textiles within the past year. For more information, click here.

Dallas Design Social
Dallas | October 30
Design Social is popping up in Dallas this month, connecting interior designers with the artisans and entrepreneurs behind boutique brands from around the country. At the J Williams Fine Art gallery, representatives from dozens of bespoke textile, wallcovering, lighting and furniture companies will be on hand to mingle with guests, and visitors are invited to attend a talk moderated by Business of Home editor in chief Kaitlin Petersen with textile designer Rebecca Atwood. For more information, click here.